Brush.



H. .WL SCHWARTZ.

BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED APRl a. may

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Patented July 20, 1909.

Application filed April El, l. Serial, No. dit-2,5535.

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Be it known. th et l, limitent lf." Soimuin'ifz, :t citizen of the United idiotes, residing :it Northampton, nonni-y 'of l .almpshir faillite ol lvleesaolinsette, lieve in vei'itod oer'tniii new end useful lniliioifenients in Brushes, ril which. the following is o speoiiioetion, Peten enne beingr lied therein to the nooon'apenying d inw l t .iioinvegition lies Special reti-wenen to the ,mennle ,ture oi sho, 'brushes md other nel seotioii ol e, brush. einhodying the im.7

The olijeet of the invention isvto so constrnot the loineli is to prevent the bristles lio'rn becoming seperated lio'm mieli other or 4 detached from the handle.

The `invention will be fully understood from the following; deem-lotion teken in oon-- neetinn 'with the tcwmpenyingg di.ait/foiesJ ond the .novel lieiitui'ee will lie pointed ont sind clearly delined in the elstinient the close of the specification.

ln. the di'mii'inger--lligmo l ie e longitudition., Fig. t is e longitudinal section show ing the ports oseeinibled liet'oi'e the retti- Wei'dly projecting; ei'ipfge ol' the borrel ie crimped over the eln'ididei' of the handle. Figlteliows in section. the tnlt oi bristles im sert-ed in. the hemel befoio the handle' is inseited, the handle being; .iiliotiin in fell lines ready to he introduced into the handle in the manner shown in Fig. Fig. 4 is :i eross-eeetion online limi 'of Fig, l. Fig. is :ioroscsection online 5 5 willig. l. i

Referring to the difeWingsf-in carrying ont Vthe invention, the tutt of bristles l', which is to form the brush poi'tioin, hns its butt ende saturated, With nement oi` some otlie e'uitelole adhesive, end While the co4 lic-intim linee. The handle i le loiined with ejtepeied o1* l iiinetnni shaped plug oi oody oortion 5 oir nnlm in cross-section and eieptod to litl snugly into the ien-i' or larger end of the bm'- i'el 23. ,The 'foiwni'd end onaidliody portion l is :foi-ined with n, shoulder prefer iioly tapered l'oiwiiidly, and terminating in it conico-l we 'ge "i" of considerable less diemeter connectedwith the body poi-tion 5 by a neel; A formed lijf e oiioninfeientiul groove l), the litige? dinnietei of 'the conical 'wedge lining ooiieidoielilv less then the smaller diameter of the pliig portion,

fi'ltei 'the tiil't ol liiistles4 hes been inserted into the iioii'ei 3 ne :theedy described, before the Gemeint has had time 'to harden, and While the cement is still in its plasticl or seinidiuid oonditioii, the tapered plug p01'- tion 5 with the conical Wedge 7 is inserted through. tho roerend oiE the borrel so that the ooi lool Wedge ienetiiites in. among the oeineiitei'l hutte ol tlie bristles and .is driven oi' forced in the elionlder o crowding :1 ninst the rem ends oi the bristles the conica p0r- 'tion 7 s monding the cemented butts so that they Wil he ijii'essed outward between the :wedge 7 :uid the lmiiel The )oitions of the "butts ,A otween the 'neck S on( the borrel will also lio crowded and the resistance to the piessui'e will. enlise the portions between. `the nook 8 sind the barrel to bend inwardly, oinpletely filling the groove 9 of the neol. After the plug 5 hns been iol-ood in its pl-o'pei distnnee so that the slioiilden llmismVA Within the 'borrel end the shouldi-:i pressing on the il-nr edge of the butts as above desoiil'ied, the rearwardly projecting edge 10 of the ,hsn'rol is eiiniped over, iis-i indicated :it 2O Upon, the shoulder il to prevent withdrawal oil" the plug Virl'ien the cement l d: 'dens oi.' sots, the tuou'ioiilml moss of the l ,i ol the bristles ivill heoome solid, formio it eolid hond 122 iitti'ig in the groove 9 of the sineiidei end :tol-filing a. lool; which aids voicjf'instel-hilly in preventing the loosening o1' d ispl :moment ol tlio lii'istles from the brush oi the separation el individuel hi'ietles'from the mess Willie-t ll Gleim is;

il huish comprising e l'instmn shaped fer.- iole Whose inner lzioe is smooth throughout, n toit el lii'istlee having the mitts saturated with cement end inelosod in seid iei'rule, the nneeniented portions of the tufts projecting tliifonizjh, the smaller end of the torride, it handle hating; n lfi'nstilim shaped plug p0rtion which fits snugly in the rear end of the.

ferxfule and has e slightly tapered shouldered forward portifmwhich engages the butt ends of the bristles and terminates in e conical Wedge et the forward end which enters the mess of cemented butts of the bristles end has e' circumferential concave groove 'et the rear end of theconicel wedge portion, the largest diameter of the conical wedge beingless than the smallest diameter of the 'plugportion, the cemented butts of the bristles illing said groove end the space between the Wedde end the ferrule', the por- I les which enter the groove In testimony whereof I affix Iny signature,l

in presence of two Witnesses. l

HERMAN M..SCHWARTZ.

Witnesses:A

WILLIAM A. MAcLEoD, ALICE H. MORRISON. 

